Darrell Clem
@darrellclem.bsky.social
Retired journalist / music addict / film buff (TCM) / road trips / foodie / progressive / college hoops (Kentucky) / Detroit sports / in search of the perfect burger /🏳️🌈
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I’ve got a bad cold as we await a big snowstorm, so comfort films it is.
#NowWatching Olivia de Havilland and Joseph Cotten use severed body parts and creepy music to convince Bette Davis she’s insane in HUSH…HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE (1964), a favorite psychological #horror film.
#FilmSky
#NowWatching Olivia de Havilland and Joseph Cotten use severed body parts and creepy music to convince Bette Davis she’s insane in HUSH…HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE (1964), a favorite psychological #horror film.
#FilmSky
November 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I’ve got a bad cold as we await a big snowstorm, so comfort films it is.
#NowWatching Olivia de Havilland and Joseph Cotten use severed body parts and creepy music to convince Bette Davis she’s insane in HUSH…HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE (1964), a favorite psychological #horror film.
#FilmSky
#NowWatching Olivia de Havilland and Joseph Cotten use severed body parts and creepy music to convince Bette Davis she’s insane in HUSH…HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE (1964), a favorite psychological #horror film.
#FilmSky
Off into Wednesday afternoon with Saint Etienne
#NowPlaying
#MusicSky
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
youtu.be/vZAajrxvDs4?si…
#NowPlaying
#MusicSky
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
youtu.be/vZAajrxvDs4?si…
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Off into Wednesday afternoon with Saint Etienne
#NowPlaying
#MusicSky
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
youtu.be/vZAajrxvDs4?si…
#NowPlaying
#MusicSky
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
youtu.be/vZAajrxvDs4?si…
Rewatch: LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (1945)
Gene Tierney’s performance as an unstable, obsessively jealous woman is stunning and unsettling in a film that is beautifully shot in Technicolor.
Her turn as a monstrous villain is quite possibly my favorite of her roles, tonight at least.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
Gene Tierney’s performance as an unstable, obsessively jealous woman is stunning and unsettling in a film that is beautifully shot in Technicolor.
Her turn as a monstrous villain is quite possibly my favorite of her roles, tonight at least.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
First watch: THE FURY (1978), an entertaining film despite a somewhat disjointed storyline.
Two teens with psychic powers on steroids are predictably exploited for political purposes—leading to, uh, explosive results.
Not bad but I think I would’ve liked it more had I seen it decades ago.
#FilmSky
Two teens with psychic powers on steroids are predictably exploited for political purposes—leading to, uh, explosive results.
Not bad but I think I would’ve liked it more had I seen it decades ago.
#FilmSky
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM
First watch: THE FURY (1978), an entertaining film despite a somewhat disjointed storyline.
Two teens with psychic powers on steroids are predictably exploited for political purposes—leading to, uh, explosive results.
Not bad but I think I would’ve liked it more had I seen it decades ago.
#FilmSky
Two teens with psychic powers on steroids are predictably exploited for political purposes—leading to, uh, explosive results.
Not bad but I think I would’ve liked it more had I seen it decades ago.
#FilmSky
#NowPlaying a trippy club mix I made years ago for a friend.
And yes, I still have a boom box to play it on.
And yes, I still have a boom box to play it on.
November 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
#NowPlaying a trippy club mix I made years ago for a friend.
And yes, I still have a boom box to play it on.
And yes, I still have a boom box to play it on.
Endless summer = 47°, gray skies, bare trees, Bloody Marys, a great playlist and a fired-up grill.
It’s summer somewhere!
#ThursdayVibes
It’s summer somewhere!
#ThursdayVibes
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Endless summer = 47°, gray skies, bare trees, Bloody Marys, a great playlist and a fired-up grill.
It’s summer somewhere!
#ThursdayVibes
It’s summer somewhere!
#ThursdayVibes
#NowPlaying
Gang of Four’s “entertainment!” album (1979) is a remarkable post-punk gem—an incendiary socio-political critique of capitalism with sharp-edged guitars and driving beats.
Top track (of many great tunes)
Damaged Goods (Music Video)
youtu.be/fRjsBh_R3TQ?si…#MusicSkyky
Gang of Four’s “entertainment!” album (1979) is a remarkable post-punk gem—an incendiary socio-political critique of capitalism with sharp-edged guitars and driving beats.
Top track (of many great tunes)
Damaged Goods (Music Video)
youtu.be/fRjsBh_R3TQ?si…#MusicSkyky
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
#NowPlaying
Gang of Four’s “entertainment!” album (1979) is a remarkable post-punk gem—an incendiary socio-political critique of capitalism with sharp-edged guitars and driving beats.
Top track (of many great tunes)
Damaged Goods (Music Video)
youtu.be/fRjsBh_R3TQ?si…#MusicSkyky
Gang of Four’s “entertainment!” album (1979) is a remarkable post-punk gem—an incendiary socio-political critique of capitalism with sharp-edged guitars and driving beats.
Top track (of many great tunes)
Damaged Goods (Music Video)
youtu.be/fRjsBh_R3TQ?si…#MusicSkyky
First watch: PORTRAIT IN BLACK (1960) is an over-the-top melodrama that I enjoyed on a guilty pleasure basis despite its numerous flaws.
Lana Turner is having an affair with a doctor who carries a syringe and cares for her husband.
What could possibly go wrong?
1/2
#FilmSky #MovieSky
Lana Turner is having an affair with a doctor who carries a syringe and cares for her husband.
What could possibly go wrong?
1/2
#FilmSky #MovieSky
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Rewatch: ROOM AT THE TOP (1959), a superb British New Wave film with themes of class division, opportunism and moral decisions about love versus security.
Some truly heart-wrenching moments and a perfect ending.
Jack Clayton’s direction is exceptional with a first-rate cast.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
Some truly heart-wrenching moments and a perfect ending.
Jack Clayton’s direction is exceptional with a first-rate cast.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 AM
My rewatch of I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (1943) was somehow far more rewarding than my past viewing.
Director Jacques Tourneur’s film weaves themes of voodoo, colonialism/slavery, sibling rivalry and a catatonic (as opposed to flesh-eating) zombie into an atmospheric whole.
1/2
#FilmSky #MovieSky
Director Jacques Tourneur’s film weaves themes of voodoo, colonialism/slavery, sibling rivalry and a catatonic (as opposed to flesh-eating) zombie into an atmospheric whole.
1/2
#FilmSky #MovieSky
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Fun weekend getaway to Columbus, Ohio, with Marvin to visit friends.
The Short North Arts District (High Street) is a perfect place to stay for restaurants, bars, cool shops.
It was a sea of red Buckeyes attire Saturday for Ohio State’s football beat-down against UCLA.
And on the way out today …
The Short North Arts District (High Street) is a perfect place to stay for restaurants, bars, cool shops.
It was a sea of red Buckeyes attire Saturday for Ohio State’s football beat-down against UCLA.
And on the way out today …
November 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Fun weekend getaway to Columbus, Ohio, with Marvin to visit friends.
The Short North Arts District (High Street) is a perfect place to stay for restaurants, bars, cool shops.
It was a sea of red Buckeyes attire Saturday for Ohio State’s football beat-down against UCLA.
And on the way out today …
The Short North Arts District (High Street) is a perfect place to stay for restaurants, bars, cool shops.
It was a sea of red Buckeyes attire Saturday for Ohio State’s football beat-down against UCLA.
And on the way out today …
TCM is showing at 1:15am a Hitchcock film I’ve never seen: BLACKMAIL (1929), billed as the first British full-length, all-talkie, which apparently also was released as a silent film.
I’m intrigued and setting the DVR.
Anything that expands my Hitchcock knowledge can’t be all bad!
#FilmSky #MovieSky
I’m intrigued and setting the DVR.
Anything that expands my Hitchcock knowledge can’t be all bad!
#FilmSky #MovieSky
November 14, 2025 at 5:12 AM
1st watch: BERLIN EXPRESS (1948), first Hollywood production filmed amidst post-WWII Germany rubble, isn’t as riveting as the German film below, but a decent companion to it.
A multi-national group on a train seek a German peace diplomat kidnapped after a stop in Frankfurt.
Jacques Tourneur directs
A multi-national group on a train seek a German peace diplomat kidnapped after a stop in Frankfurt.
Jacques Tourneur directs
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 AM
1st watch: BERLIN EXPRESS (1948), first Hollywood production filmed amidst post-WWII Germany rubble, isn’t as riveting as the German film below, but a decent companion to it.
A multi-national group on a train seek a German peace diplomat kidnapped after a stop in Frankfurt.
Jacques Tourneur directs
A multi-national group on a train seek a German peace diplomat kidnapped after a stop in Frankfurt.
Jacques Tourneur directs
2/2
Director Yasujirō Ozu obviously cares deeply for his characters and tells their story in tender scenes made more moving by camera work that artfully catches their expressions.
Thanks @tajiisawol.bsky.social & @JacquiWine.bsky.social for recommending I follow Ozu’s superb FLOATING WEEDS w/ this.
Director Yasujirō Ozu obviously cares deeply for his characters and tells their story in tender scenes made more moving by camera work that artfully catches their expressions.
Thanks @tajiisawol.bsky.social & @JacquiWine.bsky.social for recommending I follow Ozu’s superb FLOATING WEEDS w/ this.
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 AM
2/2
Director Yasujirō Ozu obviously cares deeply for his characters and tells their story in tender scenes made more moving by camera work that artfully catches their expressions.
Thanks @tajiisawol.bsky.social & @JacquiWine.bsky.social for recommending I follow Ozu’s superb FLOATING WEEDS w/ this.
Director Yasujirō Ozu obviously cares deeply for his characters and tells their story in tender scenes made more moving by camera work that artfully catches their expressions.
Thanks @tajiisawol.bsky.social & @JacquiWine.bsky.social for recommending I follow Ozu’s superb FLOATING WEEDS w/ this.
1/2
First watch: LATE SPRING (Japanese, 1949) is a lovely film that finds a 27-year-old daughter wanting to stay with her father to care for him in their happy home.
Yet she is pushed unwillingly toward marriage due to societal expectations and an interfering aunt.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
First watch: LATE SPRING (Japanese, 1949) is a lovely film that finds a 27-year-old daughter wanting to stay with her father to care for him in their happy home.
Yet she is pushed unwillingly toward marriage due to societal expectations and an interfering aunt.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Recent watch: MOGAMBO (1953).
White moviemakers go from Hollywood to Africa to make a tedious film about white people involved in a shallow love triangle in Africa.
It has a few interesting moments—see on-location filming—but stock footage is jarring.
Definitely not John Ford’s best.
#FilmSky
White moviemakers go from Hollywood to Africa to make a tedious film about white people involved in a shallow love triangle in Africa.
It has a few interesting moments—see on-location filming—but stock footage is jarring.
Definitely not John Ford’s best.
#FilmSky
November 8, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Recent watch: MOGAMBO (1953).
White moviemakers go from Hollywood to Africa to make a tedious film about white people involved in a shallow love triangle in Africa.
It has a few interesting moments—see on-location filming—but stock footage is jarring.
Definitely not John Ford’s best.
#FilmSky
White moviemakers go from Hollywood to Africa to make a tedious film about white people involved in a shallow love triangle in Africa.
It has a few interesting moments—see on-location filming—but stock footage is jarring.
Definitely not John Ford’s best.
#FilmSky
#tbt That time a bartender in Provincetown, Mass., had a tattoo of a 45rpm record adapter on his neck.
First and last time I ever asked anyone if I could take a picture of their neck. 😂
First and last time I ever asked anyone if I could take a picture of their neck. 😂
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 AM
#tbt That time a bartender in Provincetown, Mass., had a tattoo of a 45rpm record adapter on his neck.
First and last time I ever asked anyone if I could take a picture of their neck. 😂
First and last time I ever asked anyone if I could take a picture of their neck. 😂
Rewatch: THE BAT (1959).
A steel-clawed, masked killer stalks a country mansion where a mystery author and companion are staying—and where $1 million in stolen loot may be hidden.
Not terribly scary, but it has atmosphere, wit—and Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
A steel-clawed, masked killer stalks a country mansion where a mystery author and companion are staying—and where $1 million in stolen loot may be hidden.
Not terribly scary, but it has atmosphere, wit—and Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
First watch: In YOJIMBO (Japanese, 1961), director Akira Kurosawa masterfully blends samurai and western genres into one outstanding film.
Toshiro Mifune is brilliant as a wandering rōnin who, needing money, comes to town and plays two warring factions against each other.
1/2
#FilmSky #MovieSky
Toshiro Mifune is brilliant as a wandering rōnin who, needing money, comes to town and plays two warring factions against each other.
1/2
#FilmSky #MovieSky
November 4, 2025 at 4:45 AM
1/2
First watch: NIGHTMARE (1964), a Hammer #horror film.
I’m forgiving of the somewhat muddled plot because:
✅ It’s Hammer!
✅ It has a creepy house with shadowy figures lurking in corridors
✅ The lighting and cinematography are wonderful
✅ Themes of insanity thicken the plot
#FilmSky #MovieSky
First watch: NIGHTMARE (1964), a Hammer #horror film.
I’m forgiving of the somewhat muddled plot because:
✅ It’s Hammer!
✅ It has a creepy house with shadowy figures lurking in corridors
✅ The lighting and cinematography are wonderful
✅ Themes of insanity thicken the plot
#FilmSky #MovieSky
November 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Playing chef in the kitchen and rewatching an intense thriller, ACT OF VIOLENCE (1949).
Fred Zinnemann’s fine direction, a superb cast and remarkable cinematography highlight this story of a former WWII POW harboring dark wartime secrets.
Love this one!
#noir #TCMParty #FilmNoir
Fred Zinnemann’s fine direction, a superb cast and remarkable cinematography highlight this story of a former WWII POW harboring dark wartime secrets.
Love this one!
#noir #TCMParty #FilmNoir
November 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Halloween rewatch: THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE (1976) for the first time in decades.
As I recall, Jodie Foster is effective as a strange girl who harbors secrets about her parents and visitors to her house.
It’s an intriguing blend of horror, thriller, mystery, suspense.
#FilmSky
As I recall, Jodie Foster is effective as a strange girl who harbors secrets about her parents and visitors to her house.
It’s an intriguing blend of horror, thriller, mystery, suspense.
#FilmSky
October 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Halloween rewatch: THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE (1976) for the first time in decades.
As I recall, Jodie Foster is effective as a strange girl who harbors secrets about her parents and visitors to her house.
It’s an intriguing blend of horror, thriller, mystery, suspense.
#FilmSky
As I recall, Jodie Foster is effective as a strange girl who harbors secrets about her parents and visitors to her house.
It’s an intriguing blend of horror, thriller, mystery, suspense.
#FilmSky
Years ago friends told me that I looked like a devil.
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Years ago friends told me that I looked like a devil.